Triple Threat Diary #1 from spiphywarfare on GodTube.
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Category: Running
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Confession is a Good Thing
It was embarrassing, but today I’m thankful for my confession to you. Without it I would have not bothered to keep trying to meet my goal, because most likely no one would have remembered my declaration of not giving up without me reminding them.
It was a little difficult to get in exercise of any sort during the month of February. I set some personal goals to achieve before summer, and working out regularly and pushing myself will help get me there. So Monday I decided to get back trying to complete stinky week 4 day 1 of C25K doing the running intervals at 5mph. I did about as well as expected for someone who had a month off from regular exercise. In my frustration I told myself I have to get on the treadmill six days a week until I could do it. Tuesday I managed to walk. An entire one mile. In installments. Some days are like that I suppose.
Ah, Wednesday, my lovely, lovely Wednesday. I love you Wednesday. On Wednesday, I did it!
:::record scratch:::
Whaaaat? How? I had to do a little pushing through, but I was not feeling like I was going to die. I even checked to make sure I had pressed five and not four on the treadmill panel.
Had a little help from Toby Mac
When I finished the last running interval, I felt powerful, invincible, and like I could conquer anything.
Then this played during the cool down interval
It is not me who is powerful, invincible, and conqueror.
I never ever again want to see, hear, type, read “week 4 day 1.”
I will not be making any new running goals. I do want to run the City Lights 5k faster than I did last year– God willing. That shouldn’t be too hard as it was my first one, and I was slow as molasses at the North Pole. It may have been actually warmer at the North Pole that day. It was so cold the organizers asked if we were really going to run or did we just want our shirt.
This article was first published on March 13, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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Making Progress and Lunch
I want to keep working toward my goal of completing Week 4 Day 1 at 5mph (Confession). I knew it was a running day, but the conversation in my head went something like this:
me- It’s too cold outside to run
other me- but your treadmill is inside
me- I’m too tired to do it today
other me- exercising boosts your energy
me- I have too much on my mind
other me-turn up the music and forget your worries for thirty minutes
me-I don’t have time
other me- you’re playing Candy Crush!
me- ugh, I’m going
Completed Week 4 Day 1 with running intervals of 4.5mph! Thanks, other me.
Lunch was easy, yummy, filling- already cooked simply seasoned rotisserie chicken picked up from the store and an avocado sprinkled with sea salt
This article was first published on January 27, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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Triple Threat 1
Training for the triple threat from spiphywarfare on GodTube.
Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win. Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. 1 Cor. 9:24&25
Elsewhere on this site I’ve noted that in December 2012, before this change occurred, I was winded after riding my bike about three city blocks. My better half wanted me to make a series of videos on my attempt to complete the Triple Threat so this is the first in a series of short videos to document that journey.
Why this verse? The key to health, spiritual and physical, is self-control. In all things. All the time.
This article was first published on January 12, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.